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  New York denies permit renewal for bitcoin mining company, calling it threat to state's climate goals

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  Albany, N.Y. — New York officials denied required air permit renewals Thursday to a bitcoin-mining power plant on the grounds that it was a threat to …

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  Another giant African snail sighting forces Florida county into quarantine

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  The reappearance of an invasive snail species forced state officials to enact a quarantine order last week for residents of Florida's Pasco County, …

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  West seeing "biblical" explosions of Mormon crickets and grasshoppers

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  Driving down a windy canyon road in northern Oregon rangeland, Jordan Maley and April Aamodt are on the look out for Mormon crickets - giant insects …

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  World's largest bacterium found in Caribbean swamp

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  Scientists have discovered the world's largest bacterium in a Caribbean mangrove swamp. Most bacteria are microscopic — but this one is so big it can …

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  Scientists probe Japan's remarkable COVID success in hunt for new vaccine to protect some of the most vulnerable

  CBS News - By Lucy Craft

  Tokyo — Japan's notable coronavirus pandemic resilience has generated scores of possible explanations, from the country's preference for going …

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  DNA testing could help identify 2 victims of Tulsa Race Massacre

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  Investigators seeking to identify victims of the Tulsa Race Massacre have found enough usable DNA for testing on two of the 14 sets of remains …